Chapter 53: The distance

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After questionig the man, the four headed back to the barn

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After questionig the man, the four headed back to the barn. For some reason that man wasn't screaming dangerous for Rhea. Maggie walked in front as Sasha and Rhea remained in the back.

"Hey. Everyone... This is Aaron." Maggie announced "We met him outside." Everyone instantly shot up and held their guns up to him. "He's by himself. We took his weapons and we took his gear."

Daryl took the liberty in checking to see if anybody was with him.

"Hi." Aaron said and Judith started to cry, causing Rick to hand Judith over to Carl "It's nice to meet you."

Everyone's guns remained on the man.

"You said he had a weapon?" Rick asked, looking to Maggie and she handed him the small gun he had. Rick checked it and then looked over at the man "There something you need?"

Sasha spoke then "He has a camp, nearby. He wants us to audition for membership."

Aaron's hands were still up in surrender as he spoke "I wish there was another word. Audition makes it sound like we're some kind of a dance troupe. That's only on Friday nights." Rhea gave him a funny look, before she turned back at the group. "Um and it's not a camp. It's a community. I think you all would make valuable additions. But it's not my call. My job is to convince you all to follow me back home."

No one seemed to be buying this crap. Except maybe Rhea. She read people very good and she knows that, what Aaron was telling was the truth.

"I know," Aaron continued "If I were you, I wouldn't go either. Not until I knew exactly what I was getting into." He looked over at Sasha "Sasha, can you hand Rick my pack?" Sasha sighed and walks over to Rick removing the bag from her shoulders and handing it to Rick. "Front pocket, there's an envelope." Rick had begun to unzip it. "There's no way I could convince you to come with me just by talking about our community. That's why I brought those. I apologize in advance for the picture quality. We just found an old camera store last-"

Daryl interrupted Aaron "Nobody gives a shit."

"You're absolutely 100% right." Aaron said turning to Daryl "That's the first picture I wanted to show you because nothing I say about our community will matter unless you know you'll be safe."

Rhea looked over at Rick, who was looking over at the picture and stood as Aaron continues.

"If you join us, you will be. Each panel in that wall is a 15-foot-high, 12-foot-wides lab of solid steel framed by cold-rolled steel beams and square tubing. Nothing alive or dead gets through that without our say-so. Like I said, security is obviously important. In fact, there's only one resource more critical to our community's survival. The people. Together we're strong. You can make us even stronger. The next picture, you'll see inside the gates. Our community was first  construc-" Aaron was interrupted once more by a punch from Rick, knocking him out cold.

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